September 1997 Columns
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Fat City:
UW Researchers Created a Mouse that Can Eat Fat and Still Lose Weight
--But Can the Results Be Transferred to Humans?
Living in History:
The UW Opens Its First Campus in 102 Years as UW Tacoma
Transforms the City's Historic Warehouse District.
Reading the Skies
...and Scanning the Oceans, UW Professors Track Data that May
Reveal Future Droughts, Bountiful Harvests and Even Global Warming.
All the King's Sons:
Columns did not acquire the electronic rights to this article about
UW Alumnus Kent Weeks and the discovery of the KV5 tomb in Egypt, perhaps
the most important discovery since King Tut's tomb was opened in 1922.
However, you can visit the Kent Weeks's website describing recent activity at the KV5 site.
Departments
Letters to the Editor:
Pro Sports and the Economy, Puyallup Fair and the Flag, Natural Diversity,
Imagination Complications, the UW Mascot, and other topics.
On and Off the Ave:
Commencement Surprises, George Washington Meets Darth Vader,
Montlake Parking and a quote from Tom Foley.
The UW's First Mascot.
Prelude: Editor's Column on
the New UW Tacoma Campus
Briefings: News About the UW
UW Honors Top Teachers at Bothell, Tacoma Campuses
Graduates' Gifts Grow: Alumni Giving at Record Levels
Research Briefs on Divorced Dads,
Midwife Care and Vitamins for People with Lung Problems
Appointments, Honors
Alumni News
Alumnotes: News from the Classes
1931-1996
In Memory: Obituaries of Alumni and Faculty
from the Class Years 1919-1990